diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ebc454c9f1..ef8e9b39da 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+2021.05.2, released September 15th, 2021
+
+	Important / security related fixes.
+
+	Toolchain: Disable fortify support for Microblaze as it is not
+	currently working.
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: alsa-utils, arm-trusted-firmware,
+	bayer2rgb-neon, belle-sip, bullet, busybox, c-ares, cjson,
+	coreutils, cpio, eigen, environment-setup, fetchmail, ffmpeg,
+	fontconfig, gd, gdb, gnuradio, gnutls, go, haproxy, ipmiutil,
+	iputils, jszip, kvm-unit-tests, libarchive, libargtable2,
+	libexif, libgcrypt, libmodsecurity, libopenssl, librsvg,
+	libshout, libssh, libxcrypt, linux, linux-pam, localedef, mc,
+	mesa3d, mosquitto, netsniff-ng, nginx, nodejs, ogre, openjdk,
+	openmpi, openvmtools, perl-net-ssh2, php, pipewire,
+	postgresql, prelink-cross, prosody, protobuf, python-keyring,
+	python-matplotlib, python-pillow, python-pyudev,
+	python-secretstorage, python3, qt5base, samba4, sdl2, sox,
+	swupdate, sylpheed, tar, terminology, tor, uboot-tools, uhd,
+	unbound, ushare, vim, wlroots, xapp_xrdb, xapp_xwd, xen,
+	xenomai, xlib_libXfont2, xlib_libXft, zip
+
 2021.05.1, released August 10, 2021
 
 	Important / security related fixes.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 259706719a..43abe05001 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ all:
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2021.05.1
+export BR2_VERSION := 2021.05.2
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1628580000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1631716000
 
 # Save running make version since it's clobbered by the make package
 RUNNING_MAKE_VERSION := $(MAKE_VERSION)